“We are glad to hear they are sending a plane,” said the Langley, B.C., woman of the planned evacuation. The federal government has chartered a plane but still needs China’s permission to fly Canadians out of that country’s coronavirus quarantine zone, Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday. The evacuation is being planned as the impact of the deadly virus continues to be felt around the world. “I got an email from my university back in Canada with instructions to get my papers together just in case,” she said. She had a ticket to fly out on Jan. 27, but the flight was cancelled when the city was locked down.

Source: thestar January 30, 2020 02:15 UTC